Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag [Hardcover]

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Rainbow Pride Flag with the very first picture book to tell its remarkable and inspiring history!
In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world. Award-winning author Rob Sanders's stirring text, and acclaimed illustrator Steven Salerno's evocative images, combine to tell this remarkable - and undertold - story. A story of love, hope, equality, and pride.

PRAISE FOR PRIDE!

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Prideis a beacon of (technicolor) light.
- Entertainment Weekly

An essential LGBTQ children's book
- Out.com

This children’s book about gay Pride should be in every school.
- Gay Times Magazine

The picture book about Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag is everything you needed as a kid.
- LGBTQ Nation

I couldn’t be more thrilled the world now has this book.
- Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of MILK

This inspiring, positive story is a great introduction to two LGBTQ heroes and to the spirit of the LGBTQ community.
- Pridesource.com

A welcome social history . . . Mission accomplished.
- The San Francisco Chronicle

A children’s book that will properly express the struggle and joys that the LGBTQ rights movement went through.
- Instinct Magazine

★  Offers little ones an age-appropriate introduction . . . Ebullient . . .
- Shelf Awareness, starred review

An uplifting introduction to the symbol of the Rainbow Flag . . . Vibrant and llƒ»